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16 -== Core principles of Peer-4-Peer Networks ==
16 +== Core principles of Peer-for-Peer Networks ==
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19 -=== Mutual-Aid ===
19 +=== 1. Mutual-Aid ===
20 20  
21 21  Mutual-aid networks mean that they aim to be collaborative, through open-source licensing models, avoiding lock-ins such as walled gardens and enable interoperability between networks, communities and protocols.
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23 -=== Peer-2-Peer ===
23 +=== 2. Peer-2-Peer ===
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25 25  Peer-to-peer networks let computers talk directly to each other instead of going through a central boss server. Every participant both gives and receives information. This makes the system more flexible, harder to break, and easier to grow.
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27 -=== Local-First ===
27 +=== 3. Local-First ===
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29 29  Local-first communication networks keep your data on your own device or nearby computers first, instead of sending everything to a big central server. The system still works even when the internet is slow or completely gone. Sharing with others happens later, when a connection is available.
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31 -=== Routing Agnostic ===
31 +=== 4. Routing Agnostic ===
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33 -Routing-agnostic networks don’t care //how// or //when// messages travel, only that they eventually get there. Information can wait, take different paths, or hop between devices until a connection appears. This means the network keeps working even during outages or bad connections.
33 +Routing-agnostic networks don’t care //how// or //when// messages travel, only that they eventually get there. Information can wait, take different paths, or hop between devices until a connection appears. This means the network keeps working even during outages or bad connections
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48 48  = Internet.. but without internet =
49 49  
50 50  P4P networks emerged around 2010, merging qualities of distributed ledgers (such as blockchain) with version control (such as git) and torrent-like data sharing. The term P4P however is more recent yet can trace it's roots back to a scuttlebutt post in 2020.